Christian in Egypt kept in prison on false charges

September 10, 2015

CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian Christian who was arrested in August for alleged evangelizing of Muslims in suburban Cairo could be held indefinitely in prison

Pakistani Christian killed, wife shot by Muslim relatives

September 10, 2015

NARANG MANDI, Pakistan — Islamist groups are threatening the family and attorney of a young Christian man shot to death by Muslim in-laws who also

Pastor attacked, beaten by Hausa youth in Nigeria

September 10, 2015

SAMINAKA, Nigeria — Like the Muslim Fulani herdsmen, who attack with sophisticated weapons against largely unarmed Christian farmers, the Hausa people of northern Nigeria are

Somali Christians flee Islamic extremists

September 10, 2015

HARGEISA, Somaliland — Desperate to avoid arrest in Somaliland for leaving Islam, one Christian fled to Ethiopia while another in Somalia escaped kidnappers after losing

IMB plans to trim personnel by 600–800 to address budget shortfall

September 3, 2015

Hundreds of International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries will be asked to consider voluntary retirement after IMB leaders announced Aug. 27 that the organization had spent

Jewish extremist poses threat to Holy Land Christians

September 3, 2015

JERUSALEM — The church body authorized by the Vatican to oversee the Catholic Church’s property in Israel has asked Israel’s attorney general to indict a

Vatican, Palestinian leaders sign historic legal treaty

September 3, 2015

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on June 26 signed a historic agreement recognizing the state of Palestine and calling for a two-state solution with Israel,